Green light, Seven-Eleven
You stop in for a pack of cigarettes
You don't smoke, don't even want to
Hey now, check your change
Dressed up like a car crash
The wheels are turning but you're upside down
You say when he hits you, you don't mind
Because when he hurts you, you feel alive
Is that what it is?
And if you look, you look through me
And when you talk, you talk at me
And when I touch you, you don't feel a thing
Faraway, so close
Up with the static and the radio
With satellite television
You can go anywhere
Miami, New Orleans, London, Belfast, and Berlin
If I could stay... then the night would give you up
Stay... and the day would keep its trust
Stay with the demons you drowned
Stay... with the spirit I found
Stay... and the night would be enough
Mixed by Flood. Assisted by Rob Kirwan. Engineered by Flood and Robbie Adams. Assisted by Willie Mannion and Rob Kirwan. "Stay (Faraway, So Close!)" title courtesy of Road Music Wim Wenders Musikverlag, EMI Electrola GmBH. Copyright Polygram International Music. (4:58)
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Director: Wim Wenders. Video concept: Angelic, ghost-like versions of U2 help a struggling band in Berlin. Meanwhile, Bono sits on top of a giant angel statue and looks nifty. Shot in black and white, and parallels the Wenders film FARAWAY, SO CLOSE! (A sequel to his film WINGS OF DESIRE) for which the song was written.